Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 3976 1/2, John George, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
George, John
S: 17974 R 397 C 1/2
CONTENTS
Soldier died in 1835.
See explanation in side

Westmoreland County ss } personally came before me the State of Pennsylvania } Subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said County and State aforesaid Jacob Reeger who being duly sworn according to Law saith that John George from Carlisle Cumberland County Penn a who removed to Westmoreland County Penn a who lived in the North of Westmoreland County Penn a in Hempfield Township in said County and died there in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty five I was personally acquainted with the said John George who had two small tracts of land and farmed the land and when he died he left three sons and one daughter who are all now living who by Tradition and the Evidence of his son Henry George was in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war and made a declaration in 1833 before the Court in Westmoreland County Penn a I have no personal knowledge of the above facts only from Tradition and Reputation but that I was personally acquainted with the aforesaid George and family and well know his son Henry George who is a man of Truth and veracity whose Evidence is entitled to full credit and further saith that He is a disinterested witness } said Reeger sworn and subscribed before me this 21 st day of Sept 1853
Daniel Metzgar J. P. Esq d End
I do certify that I am well acquainted with the above Jacob Reeger who is a man of truth and veracity Evidence is entitled to credence Daniel Metzgar

I certify that I am well acquainted with John Reyer who has given the within affidavit he is a man of good character for truth & veracity and his state- ments are entitled to full credit
Jos. Grop
Greensburg Pa Sept 1853
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, SS
I Jos. Grop PROTHONOTARY of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westmoreland, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Do hereby certify that Daniel Metzgar before whom the foregoing
Affidavit was taken
and whose name, in his own proper handwriting, is to the foregoing certificate appended, was then and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Westmoreland, duly elected and commissioned, and to all whose official acts and deeds full faith and credit are of right due.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the SEAL of said Court, at Greensburg, the 20th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three
Jos Grop Prothonotary.

(State of Penn a ) ss personally appeared before me a (Westmoreland county) Judge of the court Justice of The peace in and for Lack county Henry Rath who being duly sworn according to law sayeth that he was well acquainted with John George who by Reputation came from Carlisle Cumberland county Penn a and moved into Westmoreland county Penn a and by Tradition belonged to the 4 th Regiment of Artillery Penn a line who died in 1838 leaving two daughters only 6 children who survived his death the wife died before him he died in the South part of Westmoreland county Penn a and further I have no interest in the above loan sworn and subse- ribed before me this } Henry Rath 27 th day of Decem r in 1853 } John N Strickler J P }
I do hereby certify that the above witness is a man of Truth and veracity his Evidence is entitled to full credence and further I have no interest in the loan John N Strickler

Westmoreland County } Is personally appeared before State of Penn a } me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid John Bryan who being sworn according to law Saith that he is well acquainted with John George who died in the South part of Westmoreland County Penn a in the year 1838 and by Tradition had come from Carlisle Penn a into Westmoreland County Penn a that said George always bore the character of having been a Revolutionary Soldier in the 4 th Regim t of Artillery in the Penn a line that his wife died before him and that there was only two children both Daughters who survived his Death and further I am of opinion the Soldier never applied in his lifetime and further that I have no interest whatever in the application for a Pension Sworn and Subscribed John P Bryan before me this 26 th day of } December 1853 Solomon Piter
I do hereby certify that the above witness is a man of Truth and veracity his Evidence is entitled to full credence Solomon Piter

State of Pennsylvania Westmoreland County 3 rd
On this twenty second day of August A.D. 1833 personally appeared in Open Court before the Honorable John Young Edgemo and his associates holding a Court of Common Pleas in said County of Westmoreland now sitting John George a Resident in Hempfield Township in said County and State aforesaid aged seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to Law Doth on his oath depose and make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States as a Substitute for his father who was drafted in town of Carlisle in the State aforesaid about the first of June in the year 1779 for the term of two months, in a company commanded by Captain Walter Denny and first Lieutenant James Ross - This company was commanded by attached to a Battalion commanded by Colonel John Johnston - We were marched to Lancaster thence by the Horse Shoe Road to what was called the Crooked Bittet about eighteen miles below Lancaster where we remained about five weeks, when we were surprized by the British and Hessians in the night time, who killed of and wounded of our men as was supposed about two hundred and sixty among whom was Captain Denny and one of our Lieutenants - Those of us who escaped the slaughter of that night pursued our way to Head Quarters in Washington City. This Declarants two months had expired all to two weeks when they were attacked at Crooked Bittet -
I was drafted a few days after I arrived at Washington City on or about the first of August in the same year into a company commanded by Captain James Peoples - He thinks Colonel Price commanded the Battalion to which this company was attached - This Declarant marched with the company under the command of Peoples to New Brunswicks where he enlisted into a company of the Flying Camp commanded by Capt. James Chambers and first Lieutenant McCready in third Battalion commanded by Colonel Johnston for the term of one year - He enlisted in Chambers Company in the month of August in the year 1779 about two weeks only from the time he was drafted into the company of Peoples - This Declarant was marched from New Brunswicks in the company of Chambers towards the Brandywine thence towards Philadelphia to Chester, on our way to Chester we were attached by

a Body of British and Hessians who killed four of our men including our First Lieutenant McCreedy and wounded two - We killed of them Dumbu six men and wounded four which we took as prisoners - When we arrived at Chester which was sometime about the first of January February or last of January in the year 1780 This Declarant was appointed by Captain Chambers first Lieutenant in the stead of McCreedy who was killed - We marched from Chester to Monmouth thence to West Field in New Jersey where I received a written discharge in the month of August in the year 1780 signed by Colonel Johnston and Captain Chambers - After receiving the same I returned to My fathers Residence in Carlisle -
This Declarant volunteered when in Bedford County where he had settled himself in a Company commanded by John Piper first Lieutenant James Davis and ensign William Stewart for one month against the Indians - It was about the first of June 1790 when he volunteered in Pipers Company - and was a Second Lieutenant in the same -
This Declarant states he has long since lost his discharge received from Captain Chambers when, where, and how he is unable to say - He thought it not of any value to him and therefore took no kind of care of it.
He does not know of any person living who could substantiate the facts as set forth in this declaration by their testimony, and has not in his possession any Documentary Evidence in support of the same, but expects that his name may be found entered upon the Rolls of the Company of Captain Chambers if filed in the War Office -
He claims a pension for fifteen months and two weeks service as follows - Two months as a private under Capt. Denny in the year 1779 - Two weeks as a private under Capt. Peoples in the same year - One year - six months of which as a private, and six months as first Lieutenant in the Continental Service under Capt. Chambers in the years 1779 and 1780 - and one month against the Indians as Second Lieutenant under Capt. Piper in the year 1790 -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension of any agency in any State -
Johnn George
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court - Test - Randall McLaughlin Pres.

John George
26. 757.
J. J. Young Grundburgh Penn a

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion there of that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served at the States -
I Randal McLaughlin Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John George for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this twenty Second day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three -
Randal McLaughlin, Clerk.

26.757 John George
J. J. Young Greencurgh Pa

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of John George West. Co. Pa.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     June 1. 1779 — 2 — P. Capt. Denny 77 years None   Aug. 1. " — — 14 P. Col. Johnston   Appointed in 1 st of Feby. 1780 — — — Lt. Col. Price Carlisle   Discharged in Aug. 1780 — — — " Johnston P.   Recapitulation   1779 — 2 — P.   " — — 14 "   1779 — 6 — "   1780 — 6 — P. Lt.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this                      day of                      personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of                      in the county of                      and State, Territory or District of                      aged (c)                      years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)                      , with                      and served in the                      (e) regiment of the                      line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____ A. B.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
 If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (1) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] No traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

When the documents in the pension application file of JOHN GEORGE who served from Pennsylvania and who died in 1835 were placed in this jacket, the file number S. 17974 was erroneously placed on the jacket. This file number belongs on the jacket containing the documents concerning the pension application file of JOHN GEORGE who served from Pennsylvania and who died in 1838.
Corrected by Christine Stokes
11 - 5 - 5-8

Pennsylvania John George Rejected
See Letter to S. J. Young Esqr 28 th October. 1833

Ex'r.
OLD V
No. 39762
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
John George
P. O.
Service: Revolutionary
Enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed:
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
Handwritten notes: John George Revolutionary Discharged Enlisted Application filed Alleges Re-enlisted Attorney P. O.

_____ Div.
_____, Ex'r.
_____ No.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Co. _____ Reg't _____
The above title should be indorsed on every paper relating to this claim.
Washington, D. C., _____, 189____
You are informed that the above-entitled claim for pension under the act of June 27, 1890, was rejected _____, 189____, on the ground that _____ not disabled for manual labor in a degree pension-able under said act.
_____ _____ _____

State of Pennsylvania) ss personally appeared before me (Westmoreland County) a Justice of the peace in and for said County Mrs Catherine Bush who being sworn according to law - Saith that she was well acquainted with John George who Resided in Carlisle Cumberland County Penn a who was a Revolutionary Soldier and went into the Service of the United States while he Resided in Carlisle aforesaid and had Removed to Westmoreland County Penn a where he died in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty five in the North part of Westmoreland County in the North part of Hempfield Township that he had made application for his pension in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty three that he had employed Joseph Young as his agent and that his claim was Rejected that he left three Sons and one Daughter who Survived his death in 1835 and further that there was another John George who lived in the South part of Westmoreland County Penn a who died in Eighteen hundred and thirty eight who bore the character of being a Revolutionary Soldier who had Resided in Carlisle Cumberland County Penn a and had Removed to Westmoreland County Penn a where he died as aforesaid leaving two daughters and further that this last mentioned George was a blacksmith by trade and that I have no interest in his claim Sworn and Subscribed before me This first day of December 1853 Catherine Bush mark W m Millikin J P
I do hereby certify that the above Witness is a man of Truth and veracity his Evidence is entitled to credence and that I have no interest in the case.
W m Millikin J P

Revolutionary claim Children of John George Additional Evidence of Thera Atty Joseph Stokes West Newton Penn a

State of Pennsylvania,
WESTMORELAND COUNTY, SS.
I
Geo Goss
PROTHONOTARY
of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westmoreland, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Do hereby certify that Mr. Geo. Goss  John N. Strickler  J. M. W. before whom the foregoing
Affidavits were duly acknowledged
and whose name, in his own proper handwriting is to the foregoing certificate appended, was then and now the acting Justices of the Peace, in and for said County of Westmoreland, duly elected and commissioned, and to all whose official acts and deeds full faith and credit are of right due.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Greensburgh, the 31 st day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- 3
Geo Goss
Prothonotary.

Additional Evidence in the claim of the Children of John George a Revolutionary Soldier
West Newton Westmoreland Co. P.A. Joseph Stokes Atty 22 d Sept 1853
I take it that the within Evidence will be satisfactory to prove that John George who made the Declaration 1833 is not the father of the present claimant. This is an old case and you be so indulgent as to have this case taken up. I L P W Commr of Pensions

1 Westmoreland County State of Pennsylvania
Formerly appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for said County, James Smith Esq. and being sworn according to law deposeth that he was well acquainted with John George of Westmoreland County Penn s who by tradition had formerly resided in Centre Cumberland County Penn s and had removed to Westmoreland County Penn s who was by reputation a Blacksmith and by tradition has the character of being a Revolutionary Soldier and entitled to a pension and further it is believed he did not make application in 1853 as is said to be the case - and further that further that there are others of that name in Westmoreland County Penn s that it is therefore believed to have been another George of Westmoreland County who made the application in 1853. further I am a disinterested Witness hereunto subscribed before me this 31 st August 1853
Israel Painter
Sworn & subscribed before me this 31 st day of August 1853. Jacob M. Wise J.P.
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Israel Painter that he is a person of truth and veracity in whose testimony full faith and credit is due. witness my hand and seal this 31 st day of August 1853.
Jacob M. Wise Esq. Justice of the Peace

Pennsylvania,
Westmoreland County ss.
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County and State aforesaid Mr William Hissom who being duly sworn according to law sayeth that he was well acquainted with the Blacksmith John George of Westmoreland County who died in 1838, leaving two daughters who have applied through their agent Joseph Stokely of West Newton Westmoreland County Penn a for a pension, which application appears to have been rejected as per letter dated July 1853. upon the grounds that their father as is alledged made application in 1833. and further I am well aware that there are two seperate and distinct John George of this County & formerly from Carlisle Cumberland County Penn a claiming a right to pension the one it appears died in 1835. and the other in 1838. the sons depositions I am satisfied is correct and that they are seperate and distinct persons and that I have no interest whatever in these claims, be the issue what it may. { Wm. Hissom
Sworn and subscribed before me this 2 nd day of September 1853.
C. S. Walker J. P.
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Mr Hissom & that he is a person of truth and veracity in whose testimony full faith and credit is due.
Witness my hand, and Seal this 2 nd September 1853.
C. S. Walker (Seal) Justice of the Peace

I certify that Henry George Israel Painter & William Hipsen whose affidavits are hereto annexed are well known to me & that they are persons of truth & veracity & whose testimony is entitled to full credence.
Los. H. Kuhns
I certify that I am also well acquainted with the above named Henry George Israel Painter and William Hipsen. They are all men of good repute for veracity & integrity. Their statements are en- titled to full credence.
J. D. P. Miller

State of Pennsylvania,
WESTMORELAND COUNTY, SS
PROTHONOTARY
I John [unintelligible] of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westmoreland, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Do hereby certify that John [unintelligible] before whom the foregoing
affidavit was duly acknowledged
and whose name, in his own proper handwriting: is to the foregoing certificate appended, was then and now is an acting judge of the Court in and for said County of Westmoreland, duly elected and commissioned, and to all whose official acts and deeds full faith and credit are of right due.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the SEAL of said Court, the 11th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-
Prothonotary.
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State of Pennsylvania,
WESTMORELAND COUNTY, ss
I Geo. Hays  PROTHONOTARY of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westmoreland, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Do hereby certify that part M 11 11 and C 11 11 11 before whom the foregoing
affidavit was duly acknowledged
and whose name, in his own proper handwriting, is to the foregoing certificate appended, was then and now is an acting judge of the Peace in and for said County of Westmoreland, duly elected and commissioned, and to all whose official acts and deeds full faith and credit are of right due.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Greensburgh, the 11 day of September , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-
Geo Hays Prothonotary.

Westmoreland County, Pa. State of Pennsylvania
Personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Henry George, who being sworn according to law, saith that he was educated of his father John George of Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County Pennsylvania, having appeared before Judge Young President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Westmoreland, in the year Eight hundred, and fifty three and making a declaration of his services as a soldier in the revolutionary war which claim if successful, was rejected, but that the children do still believe that they have a legal claim to said pension. That his father, as he understood by his father, that he lived in Carlisle Cumberland County Penna. at the time he went into the service of the United States, and had removed to Westmoreland County Penna. where he died in the year eighteen hu- ndred and thirty five, leaving three sons and one daugh- ter. That he was with his father when he made his declaration in 1833, and further that he believes that Henry Welschouse was called as a witness, and further that we have no claim to the service of John George who was said to be a blacksmith who died in 1835 who is said to have belonged to the Artillery and served to the end of the war. That they were separate persons entirely, and further saith not. Sworn and subscribed before me this 30th day of August 1853.
Sworn & subscribed before me this 30 th August 1853 Jacob M. Coles J.P.
Samuel Young

I do certify that I am acquainted with the within named Henry Spence and that he is a person of truth and veracity and whose evidence is entitled to credence.
Witness my hand and seal this 30 th day of August 1833
Jacob M. Cook. Seal Justice of the Peace

Aug 27
Pa
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Application for pension
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Gemälde August 23 rd 1833
Dear Sir
Enclosed is the application of John George for a pension under the late Act of Congress.
Yours very respectfully
To A. S. Edwards Esq.
Horatio H. Young

State of Penna } Is personally affirmed before me (Westmoreland County) } a Justice of the peace in and for Said County and State aforesaid Nicholas Baker who being Sworn according to law Saith That he was well acquainted with John George who lived his neighbour and who died in Eighteen hundred and thirty five in the north part of Hampfield Township and north part of Westmoreland County Penna and who bore the character of a Revolutionary Soldier and that he had Resided in the Town of Carlisle Penna in Cumberland County when he went into Service and had Removed from there into Westmoreland County where he died as aforesaid Leaving three Sons and one daughter and further that he the aforesaid John George had made application for his pension in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty three and that Joseph Young was his agent and further I understood that his claim had been Rejected There were several other Revolutionary Soldiers who lived near to him but are now all dead viz Alshouse Shilhammer and Jacob Reyer My father in law his widow is now drawing a pension if these Soldiers were now living his character could have been proved old certificates having been and some Removed it is now more difficult to prove his character at this time and further that I have no interest in the result of the above claim I am Sworn and Subscribed before me this first day of December 1853 Nicholas Baker
Nicolas Baker
I do hereby certify that the above Witness is well known to me to be a man of Truth and veracity and that his Evidence is Intitled to full Credit and no further that I have no Interest in the blown  W tn Millikin J. B.

State of Pennsylvania ss personally appeared before me Westmoreland County a Justice of the peace in and for said County and State aforesaid Samuel Reeger who being sworn according to law saith that he was well acquainted with Mr John George and that he lived his neighbour in the North part of Hampsfield Township Westmoreland County Penn a That said John George aforesaid died in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty five that by his he bore the character of a Revolutionary Soldier and had Resided in the Town of Carlisle when he went into Service and had Removed to Westmoreland County Penn a and died as aforesaid that there were three Sons and one daughter who survived his death and further that the aforesaid John George had made appl- lication for his pension in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty three and that Mr Joseph Young was his agent and further I understood his claim was Rejected There was two Revolutionary Soldiers that lived near to him both now dead viz Alshouse and Shelhamer if they were now living they could give his character they old neighbour or now dead and many have Removed that makes it now difficult to prove his character at this time My father Jacob Reeger was a Revolutionary Soldier also now dead my Mother is now drawing a Pension and further that I have no Interest in the above case Sworn and Subscribed before me this day of 1853
I do hereby certify that the above Witness is known to me to be a man of truth and veracity his Evidence is Intitled to full credit

(Westmoreland County) As personally appeared State of Penn a I before me a Justice of the peace in and for said County Thomas Reeger who being duly sworn according to Law saith that he was well acquainted with the late John Groye who died in 1835 I lived upon his piece of land one year and frequently heard him say and also by Tradition that he was in the Revolution ary war and by Reputation he moved from Carlisle Penn a into Multnomah County Penn a he lived and died in the North part of Henryfield Township North part of Multnomah County My father was a Revolutionary Soldier that is Jacob Reeger My Mother is now travelling a Pension of the old Soldiers were now living it would be easy prove and further I have no interest whatever in this claim sworn and subscribed before This 27 th December Thomas Reeger
1853
Wm Green J.P.
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above Witness and say that he is a man of Truth and veracity and would rely upon his evidence as truth
Wm Green J.P.

Westmoreland County ss personally appeared State of Penna before me a Justice of the peace in and for said County and State of said John Kuhns who being sworn according to Law saith that he knew two John Georges in Westmoreland County Penna the one lived in the North of the County of Westmoreland and died in 1835 and the other lived in the South of Westmoreland County State of Penna and that he died in 1838 and by Reputation they were Revolutionary Soldiers and came from Ireland into Westmoreland County and died in said County as aforesaid and further that I have no interest in the above claim sworn and subscribed before me this 31 st December John Kuhns 1853
Jacob Bell. Justice of P.
I do hereby certify that I know John Kuhns a long time and know him to be a man of Truth and veracity And further that his Evidence is entitled to full credit
Jacob Bell Justice of P.
I certify that John H. Lewis Thomas Rague & Catharine Bush whose testimony is in aforesaid papers are persons of truth & veracity & that their Evidence is entitled to full faith & credit. The other Affiants are not personally known to me. Jos. H. Kuhns.
I am acquainted with the Rest of the Witnesses in the above papers know them to be persons of Truth and veracity Their Evidence is entitled to full credit James Bell

I am personally well acquainted with John Kuhn the above named affiant, whose signature is familiar to me. He is a man of intelligence and of the strictest integrity; and his statements are entitled to implicit belief.
Jan'y 18. 1854.
Aug. Brum M.C. 19th Dist Pa James B. Oliver Clerk H. and Office

State of Penn a ) Is personally appeared before (Westmoreland County) me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County John Sterrett, who being duly sworn according to law saith that he knew John George of Westmoreland Penn a who died in the year 1838 in Brooksmithy  as a patient who by Proportion some time since the said John George County Penn a into Westmoreland County Penn a who died in the Southport of Westmoreland county who by Tradition was a Revolutionary Soldier and who by the History  and and and further that his wife died before him and that he only left two children and that they were daughters and further that I believe the said George had never applied for a pension in his lifetime and further I have no interest in the Result of this claim for a Pension sworn and subscribed before me John Sterrett This 27 day of Dec r 1853 John N Strickland J.P.
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above witness and know him to be a man of Truth and veracity and that his evidence is entitled to full credit and further that I have no interest in the Result of this claim to a pension Witness my hand the date above written
John N Strickland.

State of Penn a ) Is personally appeared before me (Westmoreland county) a Justice of the peace in and for said county William R. Cochran who being Sworn according to law Saith that he was well acquainted with John George a Blacksmith who died in the year 1838 in the South part of Westmoreland county and by Tradition he Removed from Carlisle Cumberland county Penn a into Westmoreland county Penn a and bore the character of having belonged to the 4 th Regiment of Artillery in the Penn a line in the Revolutionary war his wife died before him and that there was but two children both daughters that survived his death and further I am of the opinion that the Soldier never applied in his lifetime and further I have no interest in the claim to a pension Sworn and Subscribed before me this 26 th day of Mch h William R. Cochran December 1853 Solomon Siler J.P.
I do hereby certify that that the above witness is well known to me to be a man of Truth and veracity his Evidence is intitled to full credit and faith That I have no interest whatever in the Result of his application for a pension Solomon Siler

State of Pennsylvania } Is personally appeared before Westmoreland County } me a Justice of the peace in and for said County and State of said who being duly sworn according to law saith that he was well acquainted with John George who by tradition Removed from Carlisle Cumberland County Penn a into Westmoreland County Penn a and died in the year 1838 in the South part of Westmoreland County Penn a who belonged to the 4 th Regiment of Artillery in the Penn a lines in the Revolution that his wife died before him and only left two daughters who survived his death and I do believe he did not apply in his lifetime and further that I have no interest in the Result of the above Claim Sworn and subscribed before me this day of 185